A Windchill rollout, walked start to finish.
Not a slide about "PLM transformation" — the actual sequence: discovery, data migration, release-workflow configuration, and go-live, with Work Group Manager as the layer that keeps other CAD tools talking to Windchill.
Product data has a way of scattering across drives, inboxes and someone's laptop.
Windchill centralises it — CAD files, BOMs, change requests, release states — into one system every downstream team can trust. CADOpt's implementation model treats that centralisation as the start, not the finish: the harder part is getting release workflows to match how your engineering and quality teams actually sign off on a part, and getting Work Group Manager configured so designers on ZWCAD, BricsCAD or Solid Edge feed the same Windchill vault without a manual export step.
A typical engagement runs discovery (mapping your current release and change process before touching any configuration), data migration (legacy CAD and BOM data, cleaned and structured on the way in, not after), release-workflow build, and a go-live phase that includes training — because a PLM system nobody was trained on reverts to email within a quarter.
What's actually configured during the engagement
Vault & data structure
CAD data, BOMs and documents structured to match your part-numbering and revision scheme, not a generic template.
Release workflows
Change request, change notice and release states configured to your actual sign-off chain — engineering, quality, manufacturing.
Work Group Manager
Connects ZWCAD, BricsCAD, ARES/Graebert and Solid Edge into the same managed Windchill workflow — no manual re-import.
Data migration
Legacy CAD/BOM data audited, cleaned and structured on the way into Windchill — not migrated as-is and fixed later.
Navigate apps
Off-the-shelf Windchill/Navigate apps for teams that need a lighter interface than the full client.
Training & adoption
Role-based training so the system is used the way it was configured, not worked around within a month.
What changes once it's live
- One source of truth for CAD data and BOMs — no more "which version is current" threads.
- Release sign-off that's auditable, not dependent on someone remembering to CC the right person.
- Designers on non-PTC CAD tools stay in Windchill's workflow via Work Group Manager, instead of being the exception the process breaks around.
- New engineers onboard against a documented system, not tribal knowledge.
Everything under PLM & Windchill
Windchill Implementation
Full deployment, from vault design to release workflow.
Work Group Manager
Multi-CAD connector configuration and support.
Navigate Apps
Lightweight, role-based Windchill interfaces.